The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-08
NEW YORK TO THE SOUTH.
TIDE OF TRAVEL PROMISING TO
SURPASS ALL RECORDS.

A Remarkably Fast and Attractive
Train Service-The Philosophical
Enterprise of the Railway Lines
Leading Thereto.
From the Ne,c York Commercial Nelos
There are plentiful indications that the
travel from the North to Florida and other
points South will be greater this winter than
ever before The innumerable advantages
presented by the South as place of winter
sojourn are now better understood and re-
cognized as quite the thing in fashionable
circles, and, moreover, it is becoming dulte
the fashion to spend at least a few weeks IN
Florida between December and March.
Greater facilities for this class of travel
have been provided for the coming season,
and the people interested in the South are
building new and elegant hotels and exert
ing themselves in every way in their power
to encourage such desirable visitors as the
rich people of New York, Boston and the
Northern States are recognized to be.
The railways leading TO Florida have
made very complete arrangements TO ac-
commodate the rush of travel this season.
A reporter for this paper called yesterday
'Twenty-third street, and had the pleasure
of interviewing Mr.. II. B. Plant, the head
of the system embraced in these various
lines, who said, in answer to the interroga
tories of the reporter:
YES, special arrangements have been
made to accommodate travel the coming
season, with additional and improved facili-
ties and fast service. Trains leave Jersey
City by the Pennsylvania railroad daily at
9 O'Clock p. m. with sleeping car service for
Charleston, Savannah, jacksonville and
Tampa A second train leaves Jersey City
at 10 o'clock at night for Washington,
where passengers are transferred to the At
lantic Coast Line and West India fast mail
train, which leaves Boston daily at
O'Clock a. m, Washington at IL O'Clock
a. M, arriving in jacksonville at
IL O'Clock the next day, and Tampa, Fla. at
the same evening, where mails and pas
sengers are transferred TO the steamships
leaving there tri-weekly for Key West and
Havana, the time from New York to Ha-
vana being seventy-two hours This train
is run both ways under special contract
with the United States Post Office Depart
ment. In addition to this regular service
the companies have contracted with
the Pullman Palace Car Company for
the construction of a train made up
of the latest device for comfort of pas
sengers, and known as the Pullman yes
tibule train, and which will be put upon
the line in the early part of January, run
ming special to Jacksonville, leaving Jersey
City on the days to be appointed at $50 a.
m, and arriving at Jacks nville and ST.
Augustine the following day in time for
dinner. Besides these superior facilities a
special sleeper is expected to leave Philadel-
phia daily for the accommodation of travel
ers for Townsville, a place which has
rapidly grown into popularity with those
people seeking Southern health resorts,
located in South Georgia, 200 miles from
Savannah, at an elevation of 300 feet above
tide water, where new and commodious
hotels have been constructed, resulting in its
becoming a very fashionable place for the
winter and spring.
I'm addition to these facilities for getting
South, direct service from the East is had
via the Richmond and Danville and East
Tennessee systems, the former via Augusta
and the latter via Atlanta, for points in
Florida also for Pensacola, New Orleans
and Southern Texas, all inviting travel to
their respective shores. The fast mail train
on Its return brings the mail from Havana
for the entire United States, as the time be-
tween the whole of Europe and the island
of Cuba has by these first trains been very
considerably reduced, and most of the
European mail between Cuba and Europe is
uoH lOIWdIuou ny way OI new L OTK anu
this fast mail service, the time being from
three to six days shorter than by the ocean
route.
Referring to the new train which it is
proposed to commence running early in
January, the entire train will be on the yes
tibule pattern, composed probably of four
sleepers accommodation car and dining car,
in which latter meals win be served at
seasonable hours during the entire trip The
combination car will consist of library,
smoking apartment and buffet, where re-
freshments will be served at all hours, while
the meals to be served in the din
ing car will be equal to those served at first
class hotels The train will, in fact, be as
fine as the genius of MIR. Pullman can pro-
vide, and in which the combination car
refer to will be conspicuous and appre-
ciated feature. My belief is that Florida is
going to enjoy an extraordinary season, and
will have great rush of people who seek to
avoid the severity of a Northern winter,
and at the same time be provided with the
comforts and luxuries of lifen